I Am A Firm Believer

My interest in medicine first stemmed from my freshman Biology class and my Nutrition class. I was intrigued by our studies of cells, genetics, and disease. Both courses incited a sense of awe and curiosity within me. Dissecting a frog, was the stepping-stone for my interest in medicine. Seeing the frog's heart made me wonder how the human heart worked. My research into the human heart inspired me to learn more about the medical field. I sought out volunteer opportunities that would give me insight into a doctor’s typical day. During my volunteer experience, I learned that as a doctor you experience many obstacles, including patient compliance and insurance approval issues. In my journey to pursue medicine, I learned that becoming a doctor means more than helping people, it means being the team leader, being compassionate, and most importantly being committed to the patient’s well being.

The medical field is a career path that brings about many options and opportunities of great value. The noble idea of being a doctor tends to cloud the diligent studying and precise training that is actually required for this career. I have wanted to become a doctor since a very young age, and now that the opportunity is here for the taking, I have fully researched what it takes to succeed in this profession and various specialties of the practice. The road to a medical degree is one filled with thousands of notes, years of schooling, and many stressful nights, but the reward is one incomparable to any other. Saving people’s lives on a day-to-day basis has been one of my dreams for as long as I can remember, so the rigorous curriculum

For as long as I could remember, I have seen my father rushing to the hospital in a white coat, answering pagers in the middle of important family conversations and attending night calls even in the most terrible weather. I had always wondered; what could be so important that it belittles every other responsibility in his life. It was only after many years of anguish and protests that it finally made sense to me. This defining moment of realization occurred when I first met a patient in his office. I saw how the gratitude in the patient’s eyes can provide a sense of fulfillment that triumphs all other feelings in the universe. It was human life that was most important. Being a doctor does not make you a mere healer but also gives you the responsibility of a caregiver. I had never felt more proud of my father and that was the day I felt the urge to relive this feeling many times over. It was there in that moment that I decided to pursue a career in medicine.

I don’t come from a background that is heavily associated with medicine, nor have I ever really been immersed in a medical setting. As a result, I do not have a first-hand experience of what it is like to practice medicine. However, since my early years,

Ever since as I remember my childhood I have always dreamed to work in the medical field and be the part of the solution when it was about helping people. As I was growing up I read a lot of medical literature and magazines that fascinated me more and I strongly decided to take medical field track. During the primary school and a high school period I have always volunteered and offered my help to the nursing staff and even some of my pears were more comfortable to speak about some health issues with me. However I have always suggested seeking a professional opinion. Consequently in my mind was always that thought that I would like to know more about and around medicine.

I remember being four years old in my preschool class and a little boy coming in one day with a bandage over his ear, because his ear drum had ruptured. I just remember having this overwhelming feeling to make sure that he was okay. So much so that during nap time, I made sure that my nap pad was right next to his, just so that I could make sure that he wasn’t hurting or in pain. Since that instance, I have always been a person that has been compelled to help people. It’s a part of my internal genetic code. The older I became, the more I realized that going into the field of medicine was easily my best platform to be in a position to help people. When I think about being a doctor, I get filled with an overpowering feeling of excitement. I get to be the person that someone trusts with their care, a person that someone trusts to treat their ailments with respect, a person that can use their mind

Dr. Nelson, the general practitioner for whom I volunteered for two and a half years, had always told me that the desire to become a doctor must come from deep within. In his office, I took patients’ vital signs and helped them feel more comfortable. I also spent a significant amount of time with Dr. Nelson learning about the physician’s role. He became my mentor. I learned of

To say that this incident was the defining moment as to why I chose medicine would be an exaggeration, but it had undoubtedly been an affirmation of my decision. To embark on a career in Medicine was not an easy decision, and it was certainly not something that I had aspired to be from a young age. In fact, it took nearly half a decade of careful consideration and exploration before I reached this conclusion. My motivation to become a doctor stems not only from my love for science, but also from the special connection that is established between a patient and a doctor during diagnosis and consultation. The opportunity for devoting a lifetime to alleviating illnesses stands as my inspiration. I believe that there is no other profession that can be compared to one which utilizes one’s acquired abilities to bring about a more immediate impact on someone’s life, just as this experience had

As one embarks on the path to becoming a physician, we face many challenges along the way. For some of us, we may become exposed to the realities of medicine through shadowing and volunteering and then realizing we lack interest in dealing with patients or spending hours upon hours in a hospital. Some may come to discover that they do not possess the time and patience to go through

As long as I can remember, I have always been drawn to the health care field by a desire to help and make a difference in the lives of others. At such a young age I always found the doctor’s office an amusing trip, from watching movies and playing board games in the wait room to getting free lollipops which would only nurture my desire. Even as a young child people saw me as an odd one for watching Life in the E.R., I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant, and Discovery Health instead of watching cartoons, not to mention I would always carry my own special “doctor kit” everywhere, which included stethoscope, reflex hammer, medical records form and blood pressure cuff. All these events developed a strong tendency to want to help those in need, helped becoming a nurse my undoubted answer whenever someone asked me, “What do you want to be when you

From the time I was four years old, I sensed an expectation from my parents to become a doctor. I was to rise to the top of the ranks and conduct research to find cures for the greatest ailments. Using pieces of information I had picked up from my parents; two doctors I admired, I enjoyed watching medical television shows and pictured myself on Grey's Anatomy as a doctor who found the cure for cancer. Yet, there was always

The journey to my decision on becoming a physician is not one people read books about. It is not a tear jerking, rising from the ashes story. I have been incredibly blessed throughout my short life to clearly see my considerable obstacles, like being bullied my entire life and being a first generation college student, as trivial matters that couldn’t be solved with a little prayer, grit, and tenacity. My decision to become a physician was not a simple choice for me, nor was the choice obvious in any way.

From a young age, I knew that I wanted to enter a medical profession, largely due to my foundation in a household of medical personnel. Hearing my parents’ fantastic tales about some lifesaving cardiovascular surgeon or a newly designed MRI machine sparked my childhood desire to inspire people with my own medical stories and health care standards. Through a medical education, I would be able to not only learn the medical terminology and skills to perform effective and reliable operations, but I would most importantly help others. Particularly in my high school years, I developed a desire to aide other in their personal issues or studies by tutoring and establishing strong friendships. My foundation as a helper and my goal to make fascinating stories

When my mother was taken to different doctors, the doctor that happened to have most success was also a person who had greatest curiosity and deepest compassion. I have always loved testing my ideas against the storm of contrary evidences. I have always changed my beliefs based on truth, when I am shown to be wrong. I have always taken comfort in being alone with a book, expanding my knowledge for the sake of itself. Above all, when confronted with a choice between narrow self-centeredness and liberal magnanimity, I have always chosen the latter, because it felt good being so, though many times I am have been labelled "naive". But in a larger sense, I believe that these traits and motivations are compatible with the preconditions for becoming a physician of substance. Bertrand Russell said that "a good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge". And I wish to have my professional life rest on this

No document signed by the president, or even God for that matter, will change the minds of many of those how deem it fitting to look down amongst a race. No matter how much is taught in our history classes, it is never enough, because as Toni Morrison demonstrated in the book, there are many viewpoints and sides of our historical past that are ignored and not told to the mass for everyone to be able to understand and learn from such mistakes that are made then. Does that mean that there is no hope? I would not jump to such drastic conclusions, but I am a firm believer after taking this class that as long as certain individuals have the power to control what the media reports and what not to report, what are written in our history books for schools, and what literary works are allowed to be published and be out in stores for the mass to read, history will continue to repeat itself. That is not only here in America, but in many other countries how do not have the democratic freedom that America presents to its population. For example, Bassem Youssef, better known to many people as the “Jon Stewart of Egypt,” brought lots of laughter through his “biting” political satire to many of his fans not only in Egypt, but those following him around the world. A man, who was a former heart surgeon, quit that profession and went on to start a political satire show in 2011 and showed no fear towards his nation’s government as he continuously bashed them and their work. Of course, not